A new survey asked the public who they thought was responsible for the government shutdown and answers were split evenly.

Senate Republicans will dine with President Donald Trump today, a clear sign that the government shutdown isn’t ending on Day 21. This doesn’t sound like a strategy session by a party fretting about the state of play.

If Republicans can't muster the backbone to let these subsidies expire now, the subsidized level of spending will become the status quo forever.

Republicans say Democrats are using the shutdown for partisan gain; Democrats say they’re protecting health care for the poor.

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Senate Democrats again blocked Republicans’ stopgap funding bill from advancing in a 50 to 43 vote. The parties remain in a standoff over health care subsidies as the shutdown drags on.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers are now, for the most part, locked in a blame game, as each side is holding the other responsible for the government shutdown that has transpired. Here’s how some lawmakers across the political parties are reacting to the shutdown:

Democrats and Republicans are clashing over short-term funding plans with a shutdown looming at midnight Oct. 1 if no deal is reached in both chambers.